Master French Cyber Security Vocabulary & Concepts

Vocabulary flashcards covering core French cyber security terms, grammar rules for referring to people, and key concepts related to smartphone hacking.

Le piratage / Pirater

Hacking / To hack (smartphones, accounts).

Le hameçonnage

Phishing / Scam links or scam emails (clickbait).

Le cyber-harcèlement

Cyberbullying / Online harassment.

La cyber-intimidation

Cyber-harassment / Intimidation online.

L'usurpation d'identité / Le vol d'identité

Identity theft (stealing identity credentials).

Une arnaque / Un piège

A scam / A trap.

Les fake news / Fausses informations

Fake news / False information.

Une menace

A threat / Intimidation.

Un virus

A virus (malicious code injected into files/apps).

Une pièce jointe

An attachment (e.g., mail attachments carrying risks).

Un monitoring des connexions

Monitoring or tracking of user connections.

L'ingénierie sociale

Social engineering (manipulating emotions such as fear or curiosity to trick victims).

Un hacker / Haquer

A hacker / To hack.

Mis à jour / Une mise à jour

Updated / An update.

Réfléchir

To think / reflect before acting or posting.

Attendre

To wait.

Mettre

To put / place.

Apprendre

To learn new things.

Recevoir

To receive (messages from strangers).

Publier / Partager

To post / To share content.

Inconnu / Une inconnue

Stranger / Unknown person.

Risque / Risquer de

Risk / To risk doing something.

Peut / Pouvoir

Can / To be able to.

Faut / Il faut

Must / It is necessary to.

Protéger / Se protéger

To protect / To protect oneself.

Consentement / Sans accord

Consent / Without agreement or authorization.

Un compte

An account.

Choquant / Choquante

Shocking (images, contents).

Tromper les autres

To deceive / trick others.

Paramètres / Réglages

Settings / Configurations.

Confidentialité

Privacy / Confidentiality.

Contenu

Content (personal, photos, videos).

Avant / Après

Before / After.

Grave / Graves conséquences

Serious / Severe consequences.

Perdre / Voler

To lose / To steal.

Commentaires haineux

Hate comments / Hateful speech.

Signalés / Signaler

Reported / To report (malicious acts).

Doivent être

Must be (e.g., must be reported).

Cliquer sur des liens

To click on links.

Se propager très vite

To spread very fast (like fake news).

Sensibiliser / Prévention

To raise awareness / Prevention.

Ne pas dévoiler

Do not reveal / disclose (name, address, school).

Garder le contact

To stay or keep in touch.

Grâce à / Via

Thanks to / Through / Via.

Pour toujours / Indélébile

Forever / Permanent (cannot be erased).

Car

Because.

Éviter

To avoid.

Rappeler / Se rappeler

To recall / To remember there are real people behind screens.

Laisser

To let / leave.

Lire l'actualité / nouvelles

To read the news / current events.

Achats / Shopping en ligne

Purchases / Online shopping.

Douteuses / Douteux

Suspicious / Doubtful (friend requests).

Gagner du temps

To save time.

Rapide et pratique

Fast and convenient.

Se divertir / S'amuser

To have fun / Entertain oneself.

Rencontrer en vrai

To meet in real life (IRL).

Se méfier

To be cautious / wary / suspicious.

Punir / Sanctionner

To punish / sanction.

Malveillantes / Bienveillants

Malicious (bad intent) / Well-meaning (kind).

Surveiller

To watch over / monitor.

Croire

To believe.

Tout / Toute / Tous

All / Every.

Suivre des conseils

To follow advice.

Devant l'écran

In front of the screen.

Derrière l'écran

Behind the screen.

Un pseudo

A pseudonym / username / alias.

Un mot de passe fort

A strong / complicated password.

À son insu

Without their knowledge / behind their back.

Trahi / Abusé / Trompé

Betrayed / Abused / Deceived.

Lever l'anonymat

To lift anonymity (of bullies).

Les gens

People in general (informal group).

Une personne / Les personnes

Countable individuals, used in a more formal context.

Un individu

An individual (neutral or formal context emphasizing a single entity).

Tout le monde

Everybody / Everyone (takes a singular verb conjugation).

Personne (with 'ne')

Means 'no one' or 'nobody' when used in a negative construction.

L'objectif du hacker

To hack a smartphone and take control of the device remotely.

L'action de la victime

Clicking 'Autoriser' (Authorize) to unconsciously install a virus or malicious application.

Les capacités du hacker après infection

Retrieve photos, listen to remote conversations, intercept SMS messages, and continuously geolocate the victim.

Méthode d'infection / Ingénierie sociale

Exploiting emotions (fear, curiosity) to trick victims using credible domain names or fake WhatsApp links.

Mesures de protection recommandées

Always perform regular updates, choose complicated passwords, and never download applications from unofficial sources.